Property as a category of economic comparativistic

Abstract

The idea of the category ‘property’ is diverse and it is studied by economists, philosophers, lawyers, politologists and other experts. It is one of the basic categories in researching economic systems, especially economies being transformed as well as transitional ones. The subject is undoubtedly acute. Property is a category, which is filled by specific terms of different sciences, it is changeable in view of public expediency, economic and political situation and it becomes a key one in economic comparativistic. The goal of the article is to study and compare opinions of Russian and overseas scientists, academic schools and at the same time to investigate archive materials and academic works by present day academics dealing with the topic. The novelty of the article is connected with the multi-sided research of the category ‘property’. Theoretical and methodological foundation of the article was formed by principles of historism, system and comparative analysis, which support investigation of phenomena in their development and can be used with due regard to historical-retrospective and comparative-historical approach to such a phenomenon as property. On the basis of historical-genetic method it is possible to define the substantial content of the phenomenon. The authors also provide definitions of the notion ‘comparativistic’.

Keywords

• property
• relations
• possessions
• private property
• comparativistic